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Study: States are losing out on billions by keeping pot illegal

Critics point to social problems from legalization

May 16, 2016

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Supreme Court dodges decision on birth control

Justices may be buying time until a ninth justice is chosen

May 16, 2016

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Nursing homes turn to eviction to drop difficult patients

Those targeted for eviction are frequently poor and suffering from dementia, according to residents’ allies. They often put up little…

May 15, 2016

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Security concerns end Nevada Democrats’ convention

Thousands of people gathered at the Paris casino in Las Vegas for the Nevada State Democratic Convention on Saturday. The…

May 15, 2016

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. – President Barack Obama delivered a commencement address at Rutgers University on Sunday that steered clear of the…

May 15, 2016

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Kerry in Saudi Arabia for talks on Syria, Libya, Yemen

Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, right, meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia,…

May 15, 2016

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Brazil’s road ahead filled with challenges

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff speaks on Thursday after leaving Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, after the Senate voted to…

May 15, 2016

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GOP’s Trump sounds like a Democrat

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York on May 3. Trump is now his party’s presumptive nominee, but…

May 15, 2016

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Protesters block train tracks to 2 Washington refineries

Activists seek an end to dependence on oil

May 14, 2016

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Photo: Locking lips

Dominykas Ceckauskas, left, owner of the Keule Ruke restaurant, and artist Mindaugas Bonanu pose in front of a poster showing…

May 14, 2016

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Peace deal expected with armed Afghan group

Agreement could revive peace talks with Taliban

May 14, 2016

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World Briefs

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – The multinational forces fighting the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram have arrested five of the group’s leaders…

May 14, 2016

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Murderabilia

George Zimmerman taps into an American tradition

May 14, 2016

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Democrats, Republicans prepare for registration wars

Dems ahead in most battleground states

May 14, 2016

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Researchers discover world’s tiniest mummy

CT scan reveals 18-week-old fetus

May 14, 2016

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A mother’s quest to find her daughter’s killers

This undated booking photo provided by the Riverside Police Department shows William Sotelo, who is in custody in Riverside, Calif.,…

May 14, 2016

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116-year-old woman oldest person in world

Emma Morano, 116, with a picture depicting her when she was young, is now the officially the oldest person in…

May 14, 2016

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Hotels building beehives

Environmental efforts growing in San Francisco

May 14, 2016

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Endangered rhino gives birth

Ratu, a 14-year-old Sumatran rhinoceros, gave birth to a female calf at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National…

May 14, 2016

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Bottled-water fight in Ore. town on ballot

Nestle wants to build plant from local spring

May 14, 2016

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Guns banned, but are Okla. lawmakers packing?

Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper Phillip Ellyson, left, waits for Philip Ward of Okmulgee, Okla., to empty his pockets at a…

May 14, 2016

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Heroic Titanic seaman to finally get gravestone

Robert Hopkins credited with saving passengers

May 14, 2016

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San Francisco hotels all abuzz

Businesses promote sustainability with rooftop beehives

May 14, 2016

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Trump campaign gears up to seek donations

GOP candidate to ask for funds for general election

May 13, 2016